C.S. Lewis and Mere Christianity: The Trinity (The Three-Personal God)
In Lewis’ next chapter, entitled, “The Three-Personal God,” he expands on the Christian concept of the Trinity. He begins by pointing out something that most pe...
Category: Book Review
C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity: Faith
I want to finish Book 3 of Mere Christianity with a short discussion on Lewis’ view of faith. He devotes two chapters to the topic of faith. In 3:11, Lewis emph...
Mere Christianity: Hope
C.S. Lewis’ chapter in Mere Christianity on hope is probably the shortest chapter, and so this will probably be a rather short post. Granted, a whole lot can be...
Mere Christianity: Charity
In the process of discussing Christian behavior in Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis made it a point to cover the Seven Virtues. He dealt the with four “Cardinal vi...
Mere Christianity: The Great Sin
I don’t know how many times I’ve heard this in my life—you’ve probably heard it to: “All sins are equal! If you tell a lie, you’re just as bad as a murderer!” R...
Mere Christianity 3:6–Christian Marriage
I am going to do one more post on Mere Christianity before I put it to the side for a week or two. The next chapter deals with Christian Marriage. In light of t...
Mere Christianity 3:5–Sexual Morality (Let’s Talk About Sex)
I haven’t written any posts for the past few days: this is why. The next chapter in Mere Christianity is “Sexual Morality.” For some reason, I just haven’t want...
Mere Christianity: Morality and Psychoanalysis
Here’s a question for you: if someone suffers a psychotic break and, in the midst of that, takes a knife and slits the throat of an innocent person, is that per...
Mere Christianity: Social Morality
In 3:3 of Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis addresses the topic of morality at the social level. It may come as a shock to modern Evangelical conservatives in Ameri...
Mere Christianity: The Cardinal Virtues
C.S. Lewis was a well-respected professor of medieval literature. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that when discussing the idea of Christian morality, Lewis hearke...